Senate Bill S8333

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the waiver of the fee for a replacement driver's license or identification card

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8333 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10628
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§503 & 491, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2496, A5074
2021-2022: S2098, A836
2023-2024: A1875

2017-S8333 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the waiver of the fee for a replacement driver's license or identification card if the replacement driver's license or identification card is requested solely for the purpose of designating that the applicant is an organ donor.

2017-S8333 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8333 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8333
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
   for the waiver of  the fee for a replacement driver's license or iden-
   tification card if the replacement driver's license or  identification
   card  is  requested  solely  for  the  purpose of designating that the
   applicant is an organ donor
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   3.  Waiver  of  fee.  The  commissioner  may waive the payment of fees
 required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
   (i) is an inmate in an institution under the jurisdiction of  a  state
 department or agency, or
   (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
 applied  for  is  a  replacement for one that was lost or destroyed as a
 result of the crime, OR
   (III) IS APPLYING FOR THE REPLACEMENT DRIVER'S LICENSE SOLELY FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  DESIGNATING  ON  THE  APPLICANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT THE
 APPLICANT IS AN ORGAN DONOR.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 added  by  section  1  of  part  H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner  may  waive  the  payment  of  fees
 required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
   (I)  is a victim of a crime and the identification card applied for is
 a replacement for one that was lost or destroyed  as  a  result  of  the
 crime, OR
   (II)  IS  APPLYING  FOR THE REPLACEMENT IDENTIFICATION CARD SOLELY FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING ON THE APPLICANT'S IDENTIFICATION  CARD  THAT
 THE APPLICANT IS AN ORGAN DONOR.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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